HOUSE BILL 487

56th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2023

INTRODUCED BY

Rod Montoya and Martin R. Zamora and Tanya Mirabal Moya and Alan T. Martinez and John Block

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROHIBITING THE TEACHING OF CRITICAL RAZA THEORY OR HISPANIC CANCEL CULTURE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WITHIN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS USED WITHIN THE CLASSROOM.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Public School Code is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] PROHIBITION OF THE TEACHING OF CRITICAL RAZA THEORY OR HISPANIC CANCEL CULTURE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CONTAINING CRITICAL RAZA THEORY OR HISPANIC CANCEL CULTURE USED WITHIN THE CLASSROOM.--Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, a public school shall not allow the teaching of critical raza theory or Hispanic cancel culture. A public school shall not use or purchase any instructional materials for use within a classroom containing any critical raza theory or Hispanic cancel culture."

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